DPRK announces mobilisation of 1.4 million citizens to destroy South Korea
16 October 2024 14:39
North Korea has announced a voluntary mass mobilisation of young people to confront South Korea. According to a statement by the DPRK’s Korean Central News Agency, more than 1.4 million young people across the country have expressed a desire to join or return to the People’s Army, reports "Komersant Ukrainian"
“The whole country is determined to punish the ROK [Republic of Korea] scoundrels who have violated the sovereignty and security of our sacred Republic,” the statement said,
– the statement reads.
The massive voluntary mobilisation movement is said to have spread to factories, construction sites and educational institutions, where young people are showing a “burning passion” for military service. According to the agency, more than 1.4 million people applied to join or return to the army on 14-15 October.
“If war happens, the Republic of Korea will be destroyed. It wants war, and we will gladly destroy it,”
– Pyongyang wrote.
War is traditionally proclaimed “sacred”.
“In all corners of this land… the passion of ardent young people to join the army, ready to bravely rise to the holy war for the destruction of enemies, firmly holding the weapons of revolution, is in full swing,”
– the agency reports.
The statement came the day after North Korea blew up roads leading to South Korea and four months after signing a “comprehensive strategic partnership” agreement with Russia. According to this agreement, each party undertakes to provide all possible military assistance to the other if it finds itself in a state of war. Up to 3,000 DPRK tro ops are expected to arrive at the Ukrainian front in the near future.
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Korean People’s Army
The Korean People’s Army (KPA) is the armed forces of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. It is composed of the Army, Air Force, Air and Air Defense Forces, Navy, and the Strategic Missile Force, which was added in 2012. The total number of active duty personnel ranges from 850,000 to 1.2 million, with an additional reserve of about 4 million. Most troops are stationed near the Demilitarised Zone on the border with South Korea.
The KPA is in a state of constant combat readiness, periodically conducting small-scale operations against the DPRK’s enemies.
In 2013, KPA Supreme Commander-in-Chief Kim Jong-un announced the termination of non-aggression agreements with South Korea and the cancellation of the agreement on the denuclearisation of the peninsula.
